Can
Can verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.
Lay up
Lay up verb - To put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place.
Both terms in one sentence
- Proxy can lay up to two landmines, which detonate when shot or if an enemy gets too close.
Source: Standard FPS Guns -
Truth in Television for many fish, but special mention goes to the Ocean Sunfish ("Mola Mola"), which can lay up to 300 million eggs in one spawn!
Source: Explosive Breeder
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